Container or tin-plate box.



A. R, PRITCHARD.

CONTAINER 0R TIN PLATE BOX.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 14} X9!!- 7 Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

INVENTOI? llow/- W Br W Wm m Arron/11ers ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER on TIN-PLATE 1303:.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRITOHARD, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county,

and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Containers or Tin-Plate Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to containers of sheet material and has as its principal object the provision of a container especially adapted for the use of tin plate manufacturers in shipping their product.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple container of sheet material which may be quickly and cheaply manufactured.

Further objects of my invention relate to the details of construction of such containers and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure lis a perspective view of a sheet metal or other suitable material container embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the body of my container just before completing the longitudinal seam therein.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the longitudinal seam completed.

Fig. 4 is a plan view partly in section of the container shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the end pieces in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 4c.

In the separate views the same parts are designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 is a box shown as prismatic in cross section, the body of which is formed of a single blank or sheet of metal 2, the edges of such sheet being joined at 3 to form a single longitudinal interlocked seam or joint. The

sheet 2 is formed so that two opposed edges Specification of Letters latent.

. Application filed November 14, 1917. Serial No. 201,909.

nels such as 6 along a pair of opposed edges,

said channels being sufliciently deep so that the greater portion of the area of the head member may slip within the body of the container, Since the channeled portions 6 are applied to the edges of the body portion 2 which are not intended to be turned inwardly, and since the non-channeled edges of the head members 5 lie within the body of the container when the head has been pushed in so that the two edges are seated in the bottoms of the channel, the portions 4 may be easily bent inward to lock the head members in position. It will be apparent also that the container 2 may be loaded with tin plate before the seam 3 is completed.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that my container can be manufactured cheaply and with great rapidity. Moreover, the used containers should furnish a large and valuable source of scrap material for the steel mills since the amount of tin plate produced is large and a large number of containers are needed yearly.

I have described my container as adapted to hold tin plate, but it is evident that it can hold any kind of material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A container comprising a prismatic hollow body having a plurality of edge portions lying in the same planes as the body portions to which they are attached and a plurality of inturned edges, a closure for said body having a plurality of channeled edges and a plurality of plane edges, said channeled edges embracing said plane edges of the body, the closure projecting within the body, and said inturned edges engaging the closure on the outside thereof and along its unchanneled edges.

2. A container comprising in combination a hollow prismatic bodyhaving a plurality of edge portions lying in the same planes with the body portlons to which they are attached and a plurality of inturned edges, and a, closure for said body having a plurality of channeled edges, the channels on the closure embracing the non-turned edges of the body, a plurality of the edges of the closure lying within the projected outline of the body and said inturned edges of the body overlying said last-mentioned edges of the closure.

3. A container comprising in combination a hollow prismatic body having a plurality of edge portions lying in the same planes as the body portions to which they are attached and a plurality of inturiied'edges; and a closure for said body haying a. p111- rality of channeled edges; the channels of said closure embracing nonturnededges of the eddy; said closure having edges which lie within the projected are'a'of said body and within the volume of the body, and said inturned edgescyerlying s'aidla'svmeiitiond edges of theclosure jcn the outside thereof.

" 4." A container comprising' in'combination Copies 61: this patent may be obtained for a hollow prismatic body having a plurality .of edge portions lying in the same planes as 'the'body' 'p OIt'lOhS 'tO which they are attached and a plurality of inturned edges; and a closure far said body having a plurality of channeled edges; the channels of said closure rhb'i'a'ciiig non-turned edges of said body; said "closure having edges which lie within the projected area of said body, and said inturned ed 'es overlying {saidlasbmentioned edges 'ofthe closure' on the'outside.

"AL-BERT R; PRITOHA-RD;

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